Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games – 800 metres

The 800 metres at the 1934 Women's World Games was held at the White City Stadium in London, from 9 to 11 August 1934.

In the final, the Zdena Koubková won the event in a new world record of 2 minutes and 12.8 seconds, ahead of Swedish Märtha Wretman and British Gladys Lunn.

Entrants
On 9 August an incomple list was published of participating athletes. This list consisted of athletes from seven nations: Austria, Czechslovakia, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the 800 metres event.

 Nationality  Name                         

Results

Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on 9 August.
Semi-final 1
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Gladys Lunn    2' 22.2"  Q 2  Zdena Koubková     Q 3  Jeanne Soffriau     Q 4  Selle     Q 5 Nakamura       Q ?      ?     

Semi-final 2
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Märtha Wretman   2' 23.6"  Q 2  Ida Jones       Q 3  Lina Radke      Q 4  Idoto    Q 5  Doris Morgan    Q ?      ?     
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Semi-final (unknown)
Polish Irena Świderska was eliminated in one of the two semi-finals.

Final
The final took place on 12 August 1934.

Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Zdena Koubková    2' 12.8"    Märtha Wretman   2' 13.8"     Gladys Lunn    2' 14.2"   4  Lina Radke      5 Doris Morgan      6 Idota      
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References

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